Vice President Finance at Zebra Technologies
Greater Chicago Area
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- Vice President Finance (prev. Vice President & Controller) at Zebra Technologies
- Past
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- Vice President Shared Services at Moore North America
- Vice President & Controller at UARCO Corporation
- Finance Director/Assistant Controller at Handy Andy Home Improvement Centers
- Assistant Controller at Uptown Federal Savings
- Senior Accountant at Ernst & Whinney
- Education
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- University of Chicago - Graduate School of Business
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Business
- New Trier West High School
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Todd Naughton’s Summary
Financial Executive with extensive experience in Multinational Technology Manufacturing Company. Experienced in all aspects of Public Company Reporting including SEC and Sarbanes Oxley Compliance.
I have spent most of my career in turnaround roles where it was necessary to build a high performance team. I set high goals and hold people accountable for reaching them. When they do, I believe in celebrating the success and providing recognition.
I try to foster diversity by bringing in people from different professional backgrounds and different races and genders. I am proud to say that our corporate accounting function includes male and female executives, every major religion, and many ethnic backgrounds. This diversity provides us skills to meet a wide range of challenges.
At Zebra, I was the founder of the internal audit, tax, real estate, sales operations, and corporate services functions. I led the team that established our China legal entity and Shanghai distribution operation. I have also been on the leadership council for many major IT projects.
Todd Naughton’s Specialties:
SEC Reporting, Sarbanes Oxley Compliance, Project Management, Staff Development, International Operations including the European Union and China.
Todd Naughton’s Experience
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Vice President Finance (prev. Vice President & Controller)
Zebra Technologies
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ZBRA; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1999 — Present (10 years)
Global leader for financial and corporate services. Responsibilities include accounting, taxation, internal audit, management and SEC financial reporting, credit, real estate and facility management, office services and corporate travel.
Project Leader for the establishment of Zebra’s Shanghai, China warehouse, obtaining legal entity status, and establishing support local infrastructure including accounting, information systems and human resources functions.
Catalyst and sponsor for Zebra’s current business intelligence project to establish executive dashboards using leading indicators to help management identify and correct problems earlier and capitalize on opportunities quickly.
Chairman of Zebra’s Corporate Disclosure Committee established in 2001 to oversee compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act including review of all SEC reports for proper disclosure, and management of the internal control certification program. -
Vice President Shared Services
Moore North America
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MCL; Computer Hardware industry)
January 1998 — January 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Project Leader for the consolidation of 14 divisional finance departments into one North American finance function servicing all of Moore’s business units. This financial shared services organization included 650 associates providing cost accounting, general accounting, financial reporting, accounts payable, credit, sales and use tax, and payroll services to client business units.
Executive sponsor of the financial portion of Moore’s SAP implementation. This role requires participating in implementation strategy decisions, and leading the financial organization in its preparation for implementation. -
Vice President & Controller
UARCO Corporation
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Printing industry)
July 1996 — January 1998 (1 year 7 months)
Senior accounting officer responsible for managing and providing leadership to the company’s 75-person accounting and finance staff, including treasury, financial reporting, general accounting, cost accounting, accounts payable, taxes and credit.
Project co-leader for the implementation of client-server based financial system, including general ledger, reporting and accounts payable. Interact with the company’s information systems, customer service, sales and manufacturing operations staff on the impact of systems changes to their functional areas.
Upgraded the Company’s accounting management by successfully recruiting new accounts payable and tax managers, and promoting new financial reporting, general accounting and cost accounting managers. -
Finance Director/Assistant Controller
Handy Andy Home Improvement Centers
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)
March 1988 — June 1996 (8 years 4 months)
Managed and prepared forecasts and analyses, including the three-year plan, the annual management budget, comparisons of financing alternatives, and new store cash flow analysis.
Managed the Company’s cash, including daily cash position, weekly and monthly cash forecasts, loan covenant compliance and bank relations.
Managed the Company’s internal and external financial statement preparation, including monthly management and shareholder financial statements, quarterly bank reporting, coordination of an annual audit by Ernst & Young.
Negotiated and obtained bank approval for $35 million in new working capital loans.
Managed preparation of the Company’s federal, state, and local income tax returns, and state sales tax returns..
Participated in planning and implementing various computer systems and conversions, including systems related to accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory accounting and point-of-sale systems. -
Assistant Controller
Uptown Federal Savings
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Banking industry)
May 1986 — March 1988 (1 year 11 months)
Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual reports for regulators and the Board of Directors.
Integrated three acquired savings and loan institutions into the general ledger and financial reporting system. This included converting historical data and coordinating all purchase accounting activity.
Managed the conversion of the company’s general ledger and financial reporting system to the most current software release.
Managed the general accounting and accounts payable departments, including five accountants and clerks.
Prepared financial statements and coordinated annual audit by Ernst & Whinney.
Managed the Corporate Accounting and Finance computer systems. -
Senior Accountant
Ernst & Whinney
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)
June 1984 — May 1986 (2 years)
Audit clients included Retail, Manufacturing, Not-for-profit and Financial Institutions.
Spent 40% of time in Computer Audit Group.
Todd Naughton’s Education
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University of Chicago - Graduate School of Business
MBA, Finance and Marketing, 1985 — 1990
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Business
BS, Accounting, 1981 — 1984
- Activities and Societies:
- Treasurer--College Republicans
Member--Beta Alpha Psi, National Accounting Honorary
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New Trier West High School
1977 — 1981
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Todd Naughton’s Interests:
Cycling, Coaching Youth Sports, Basketball, Reading, Internaltional Travel
Todd Naughton’s Groups:
Financial Executives International. AICPA, Illinois CPA Society, Spring Lake Sports League, United States of America-China Chamber of Commerce
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alumni Group
Todd Naughton’s Honors:
Elijah Watt Sells Award on May 1984 CPA Exam
2002 Business Finance Magazine Vision Award for Excellence in Corporate Performance Management
